Step 3: Word-level decoding practice (4 minutes). This is where students get lots of opportunities to work with the target ...

It started as a routine phonics lesson in the 1st grade Bronx classroom I was observing to study how students learn to read.

A whole language approach to teaching reading advocates for teaching phonics and phonemic awareness in the context of real texts—that use the richness of the English language —not artificial, highly ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...

Peek inside a kindergarten, first-grade, or second-grade classroom at Midland Public Schools any day of the week, and you’re guaranteed to see adorable kiddos and a flurry of activity. What you’re ...

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New South Wales, Queensland and South ...

When I was younger I decided to learn Greek. I learnt the letter-sound correspondences and could say the words – the sounds, that is. But although I could and still can decode these words, I can’t ...